If you've spent any time at all watching Championship football, you'll know that the quality of the finishing varies quite spectacularly.

While most players in the Premier League are bestowed with the ability to score simple chances, the same cannot be said of the second tier of English football. There are some pretty haphazard strikers playing at that level, let alone defenders.

With the finishing ability of the average Championship defender in mind, listen to this anecdote from Danny Gabbidon - and prepare to laugh yourself hoarse.

None more so than his idea for Gabbidon and his fellow defenders to score more goals from the halfway line.

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Most Championship defenders would struggle to score from fifteen yards, let alone fifty. Considering the improbability of a centre-back hitting the ball with the technique, finesse and sheer good fortune required to score from halfway, encouraging constant distance shooting seems like an incredibly inefficient way to increase your overall strike tally.

That was Vincent's answer to the side's problems, nonetheless.

According to Gabbidon, Tan took inspiration from a one-off, long-range goal ahead of a tactics meeting with his defenders. The Cardiff owner then told them to recreate it as often as possible - ignoring the obvious unlikelihood of Gabbidon and co. ever reproducing anything like it.